California College of the Arts

Drawing

Basic Drawing & Beyond

OAK 216
Instructor: Christopher West
Mon., 6:45–9:45 p.m., June 2–August 4
10 sessions. $300. Noncredit. Prerequisite: none

SF 114
Instructor: Steven Robert Barich
Tues., 6:45–9:45 p.m., June 3–August 5
10 sessions. $300. Noncredit. Prerequisite: none

A course for anyone who wants to work on the basics of drawing, from beginners to those who want to get back to drawing with a renewed vision. Through still life, the model, and architecture, participants develop their ability to see and then translate that visual experience into drawing. The course focuses on how to use form, space, and proportions to create a strong composition. The class will also discuss how to stay inspired to draw outside the classroom.

Bring to first class: 20" x 26" drawing board with clips, 18" x 24" Biggie Sketch pad, soft vine charcoal, compressed charcoal (Char-kole brand), white plastic eraser.

Life Drawing Portraiture Intensive

OAK 217
Instructor: Carole Peel
Mon.-Fri., 12-4 p.m., August 4-15
10 sessions. $420; $30 materials fee payable to instructor at first session. Noncredit. Prerequisite: none

Learn to capture an individual's spirit and body language through portraiture in this intensive drawing course designed to increase your portraiture skills. The first hour of each session is devoted to exercises that facilitate how to capture the subject's character (working from a nude model). The remaining three hours are committed to long portrait poses (working from a clothed model).

Bring to first class: 20" x 26" drawing board with clips, 18" x 24" rough newsprint pad, materials that you like to work with, such as charcoal or watercolor.

Mixed Media: Explorations in
Drawing & Painting

SF 116
Instructor: Trevor Tubelle
Wed., 6:45–9:45 p.m., June 4–August 6
10 sessions. $300; $5 materials fee payable to instructor at first session. Noncredit. Prerequisite: minimum one drawing or painting class, or familiarity with the materials

This mixed-media course encourages students to stretch their creative boundaries and explore new terrain. The goal is for students to deepen and expand their art-making practice. Weekly exercises allow for experimentation with various dry and water-based drawing and painting materials (acrylics, inks, pens, pencils, charcoal, etc.) using various methods, such as transfer techniques on various surfaces. Group discussions address inherent themes within the creative process: spontaneity versus control, discipline, critical thinking, and questioning assumptions about so-called good-versus-bad art.

Demonstrations of technique are followed by exercises and in-depth projects designed to put into practice new methods of working. Slide lectures and short writing projects designed to complement and energize studio work also are planned. Inspiring discussions are encouraged that address contemporary artists and recent developments in materials and process, including expanding beyond the traditional rectangular picture plane. Creative process, such as developing new ideas and a personal approach to subject matter, is encouraged.

Bring to first class: 5" x 7" or larger sketch book, 18" x 24" pad Strathmore drawing paper, two sticks vine charcoal (medium size, soft), two pieces compressed charcoal squares, chamois, kneaded eraser, magic rub eraser.